• zalgotext@sh.itjust.works
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      Except voting days are during the work week and the majority of the voting population can’t afford to miss work to “bloody well queue up”. Restricting mail in voting is voter suppression in this country.

      Why the fuck do you care if someone stood in line to vote anyways?

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        Dont forget gerrymandering as well, where they put the ballot 50 miles away from your location, so that is convenient for republicans, but almost unaccessible for Democrats

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          If you don’t live here, why would you comment about how we vote? Voicing your opinion on a topic that you “don’t really care” about is meaningless at best and harmful at worst. If we were anything alike you’d recognize that, and you’d be advocating for more access and methods for voting, not less.

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            If you don’t live here, why would you comment about how we vote?

            Because America has stuck its fingers in the business of every other country.

            How you Americans vote impacts the rest of the world.

            And in the case of your current federal government, we are being impacted especially negatively. (As are you guys, but shooting yourselves in the foot is less of a concern to me than the fact that the stray bullets are flying past my head)

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              Then more people from all over the world should be encouraging Americans to push for more mail-in voting (and other expanded voting options). Not telling people to “bloody well queue up”.

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              Sure but when I comment about Canadian politics, I do a some preliminary research to understand the baseline facts and context before commenting, something this user clearly did not before making a flippant and asinine remark backed up by nothing.

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      Well if this isn’t a dumb ass comment but hell, go ahead and provide your reasoning for standing in line for hours.

      I can list off all of the reasons why the majority of states, including dumb as red states, have no excuse mail in voting.

      • Proven increase in voter participation
      • Reduction in fraud due to multiple layers of checks and additional time for reviews
      • Reduces the cost of having polling stations and workers
      • Produces a more informed voting base.

      Also, my favorite little tidbit about mail in voting:

      The conservative Heritage Foundation, which has warned of the risks of mail voting, found 14 cases of attempted mail fraud out of roughly 15.5 million ballots cast in Oregon since that state started conducting elections by mail in 1998.

      But no, really, go ahead and provide your, I’m sure, well reasoned and researched stance on requiring “bloody well queue up”.